ON «STEP OF ALLOCATION» AND FORECASTING OF THE VEIN GOLD ORE BODIES

Author(s):  
E. M. Nekrasov

On the example of a number of domestic and foreign gold vein deposits it has been shown that the system of gold-ore bodies is located along some narrow local ore controlling displacements in a shape of veins. These veins are located at approximately equal distances from each other - at allocation step. This step varies from 30—70 m to 100— 250 m for different deposits. It allows forecasting of ore bodies at the flanks of the displacements and exploration by drilling. On the example of near-surface deposits it has been confirmed that such ore bodies can be formed at two vertical ore-bearing levels — upper and lower (deep). The upper level appears at very narrow vertical range of depths (100-300 m) near the paleosurface, presumably in the alumstone-adular-kaolinic metasomatites. Here the rhythmically-banded ores with low-grade gold are formed. At the lower (deep) level, the ore bodies can be formed in the interval of 600-1000 m and deeper from the paleosurface in the zones of tectonic breccia, crossing the metasomatites of the secondary quartzites type. They are more often to be the place of the localization of breccia structure ores with comparatively high-grade gold. So, at the near-surface deposits it is possible to explore the new (in particular, blind) ore bodies in allocation step distance from each other at two levels of mineralization, and, moreover, at the significant depth.

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 458-465
Author(s):  
Sergey I Popel ◽  
Vitaly V Adushkin ◽  
Anatoly P Golub'

Background: Cavitation is a rather common and important effect in the processes of destruction of nano- and microscale particles in natural and technological processes. A possible cavitation disintegration of polymineral nano- and microparticles, which are placed into a liquid, as a result of the interaction of the particles with collapsed cavitation bubbles is considered. The emphasis is put on the cavitation processes on the interface between liquid and fine solid particles, which is suitable for the description of the real situations. Results: The results are illustrated for the minerals that are most abundant in gold ore. The bubbles are generated by shock loading of the liquid heated to the boiling temperature. Possibilities of cavitation separation of nano- and microscale monomineral fractions from polymineral nano- and microparticles and of the use of cavitation for beneficiation are demonstrated. Conclusion: The cavitation disintegration mechanism is important because the availability of high-grade deposits in the process of mining and production of noble metals is decreasing. This demands for an enhancement of the efficiency in developing low-grade deposits and in reprocessing ore dumps and tailings, which contain a certain amount of noble metals in the form of finely disseminated fractions. The cavitation processes occuring on the interface between liquid and fine solid particles are occasionally more effective than the bulk cavitation processes that were considered earlier.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Florent Cheval-Garabédian ◽  
Eric Marcoux ◽  
Jérôme Gouin ◽  
Maxime Picault ◽  
Michel Faure

<p>Shear zones hosted antimony (Sb) quartz vein-type deposits are the most important sources of Sb worldwide. They have been recognized and mined since the Antiquity in the European Variscan belt, and particularly in the French Variscan Massifs, as the Armorican Massif. Among this type of deposit two subtypes are identified, i) the Sb and gold (Au) quartz vein-type (Sb-Au) as the La Lucette deposit located in the North Armorican Domain, and ii) the Sb-As quartz vein-type as those from the la Bellière district in the Ligerian domain.</p><p>The recent advances in the understanding of the Sb mineralizations in the European Variscan Belt are typically focused on the Sb ore-genesis and its regional implications, ignoring its potential valuable co-products as gold. In this study, detailed textural-mineralogical investigations coupled with geochemical analyses in rock-samples with in-situ EPMA and LA-ICPMS ore-minerals trace element analyses, were carried out for the first time in the Late-Variscan mineralizations from the La Bellière Sb-As occurrences, and the La Lucette Sb-Au deposit, to ascertain the distribution and amount of Au in the ore-minerals and provide new data on ore deposition conditions.</p><p>In the La Bellière Sb-As occurrences, no visible gold has been observed, but low-grade gold, ranging between 0.2 to 1 g/t Au, are correlated with high-grade As in rock sample. In the La Lucette Sb-Au deposit, historical assays have shown high-grade gold with an average at 40 g/t Au. EPMA and LA-ICP-MS analyses have demonstrated that gold is already present during the early time of the mineralization as invisible gold, trapped in the lattice of the Sb-rich arsenopyrites, with an average grade of 70 ppm Au in La Bellière, and at higher average grade of 223 ppm Au for La Lucette. For both type of mineralization, the early invisible gold is concentrated preferentially in the borders of the arsenopyrite crystals, and is correlated with an increase of the As content, and a decrease of the Sb and Fe. We argue that gold could be added in the arsenopyrite by substitution with the Fe and Sb at high temperature > 300 °C.</p><p>Visible gold corresponds to the economic gold ore of the Sb-Au mineralizations. In the La Lucette ore, it is emplaced in the late stages, as discrete electrum grains spatially associated with the arsenopyrites, as native gold inclusions within the stibnite, and associated with rare aurostibite. Remobilization processes of the gold-bearing arsenopyrite at lower temperature, coupled with a minor initial enrichment of the Sb-bearing ore-fluid might be responsible of the late high-grade gold ore, and the visible expression of this element. In the absence of such remobilization process with late ore-fluid-enrichment, only low-grade gold is present, under the form of invisible gold in auriferous-arsenopyrites.</p><p>The presence of a valuable gold co-product, also present in the Sb-As mineralizations, unknown until now in the French Variscan Massifs, will improve its economic attractivity. Gold potential in the huge French Sb-districts as the Vendée or the Brioude-Massiac districts must be reassessed.</p>


Author(s):  
E. M. Nekrasov

The gold ore chimneys of 2 types have been shown to be developed at the near-surface deposits of gold and silver ores. These types are: 1 - bulk ones, of the vein-nested-veinlet ore bodies of stockwork shapes and 2 - small pay streaks of the ore bodies, appeared either in single veins or in the veins, being a part of the wide ore bundles. The example of the first type is the Central ore column of Balei deposit and the column of the Glavnaya (Main) vein of the Karamkenskoe deposit. A deiailed analyses of the graphic material, made by N.V. Petranovskaya for Balei deposit, confirms, that under the bottom of the ore controling vein №2 in the vertical interval from 100 to 250-350 m the rich ores can be prevailed in the zones, which are likely to join with ore bodies of Taseevsky site. The discovery of the new bulk gold ore chimnies is likely to be there. With this, an additional exploration of the south-east flanks of the Balei deposit is needed, that can lead to the discovery of the new bulk gold ore chimnies.


1996 ◽  
Vol 35 (02) ◽  
pp. 42-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Bares ◽  
U. Bull ◽  
A. Guhlmann ◽  
E. Moser ◽  
M. F. Wannenmacher ◽  
...  

Zusammenfassung Ziel: Es ist das Ziel der vorliegenden Arbeit, an Hand bisher publizierter Studienergebnisse eine Beurteilung des klinischen Stellenwertes von PET in der Onkologie zu erarbeiten. Methoden: Im Rahmen einer interdisziplinären Konferenz mit namhaften Experten wurde eine Wertung des gegenwärtigen Stands von PET in der Onkologie an Hand der in der Literatur dokumentierten Studienergebnisse erarbeitet. Angestrebt wurde eine differenzierte Bewertung von PET für die klinische Anwendung in fünf Klassen (1a, 1b, 2a, 2b, 3) von »angemessen« (1a), »akzeptabel« (1b), »hilfreich« (2a), »noch keine Bewertung möglich« (2b), »ohne Nutzen« (3). Ergebnisse: Für den klinischen Einsatz in der Onkologie ist 2-F18-Fluorodeoxyglukose (FDG) das Radiopharmakon der Wahl. PET ist klinisch in der Patientenversorgung zur Rezidivdiagnostik von high-grade Gliomen (FDG), low-grade Gliomen (C-11 Methionin oder F-18 Tyrosin), für die Dignitätsdiagnostik des peripheren Lungenrundherdes bei Risikopatienten sowie für die Diagnostik des Pankreaskarzioms indiziert (Indikation 1a). PET kann in der Patientenversorgung bei folgenden Indikationen (1b) eingesetzt werden: »low-grade« Gliome, Suche nach unbekanntem Primärtumor bei Kopf-Hals-Tumoren, Rezidivdiagnostik des nicht kleinzelligen Bronchialkarzinoms sowie des Rektumkarzinoms, Lymphknotenstaging beim nicht kleinzelligen Bronchial-Karzinom, Pan-kreas-Karzinom, muskelinvasiven Blasen-Karzinom und Hoden-Karzinom. Staging bei M. Hodgkin (Stad. I/II versus III), frühe Therapiekontrolle bei Resttumor und Rezidivdiagnostik bei M. Hodgkin und hochmalignen Non-Hodgkin-Lymphomen, Lymphknoten-Staging und Fern-metastasensuche beim malignen Melanom (Breslow >1,5 mm), Lymphknoten- und Fernmetastasen-Nachweis beim Schilddrüsen-Karzinommit erhöhtem hTg und nicht radiojodspeichernden Metastasen. Zahlreiche weitere Indikationen zeichnen sich bereits jetzt ab, sind jedoch noch weniger gut durch wissenschaftliche Studien belegt. Für die meisten Indikationen außerhalb wissenschaftlicher Studien ist eine individuelle Kosten-Nutzen-Betrachtung durch den verantwortlichen Arzt geboten. Schlußfolgerungen: Die metabolische Bildgebung von PET besitzt für eine Vielzahl onkologischer Fragestellungen prinzipielle Vorteile gegenüber der anatomisch-morphologisch orientierten Schnittbilddiagnostik. Für die klinische Indikationsstellung ist allerdings eine differenzierte Betrachtung der spezifischen Leistungsfähigkeit von PET geboten.


2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 161-170 ◽  
Author(s):  
Claudiu Margaritescu ◽  
Daniel Pirici ◽  
Irina Cherciu ◽  
Alexandru Barbalan ◽  
Tatiana Cârtâna ◽  
...  

Background & Aims: Colorectal cancer represents the third most common malignancy and the fourth most common cause of cancer death worldwide. The existence of drug-resistant colon cancer stem cells is thought to be one of the most important reasons behind treatment failure in colon cancer, their existence putatively leading to metastasis and recurrences. The aim of our study was to investigate the immunoexpression patterns of CD133 and CD166 in colon carcinoma, both individually and in combination, assessing their significance as prognostic markers.Methods. A total of 45 retrospective colon adenocarcinoma cases were investigated by enzymatic and multiple fluorescence immunohistochemistry for their CD133 and CD166 expression and colocalization.Results. Both CD133 and CD166 were expressed to different extents in all cancer specimens, with apredominant cytoplasmic pattern for CD133 and a more obvious membranous-like pattern for CD166.Overall, when comparing their reactivity for the tumoral tissue, CD166 expression areas seemed to be smaller than those of CD133. However, there was a direct correlation between CD133 and CD166 expression levels throughout the entire spectrum of lesions, with higher values for dysplastic lesions. Colocalization of CD133/ CD166 was obvious at the level of cells membranes, with higher coeficients in high grade dysplasia, followed by well and moderate differentiated tumours.Conclusions. CD133/CD166 colocalization is an early event occurring in colon tumorigenesis, with thehighest coeficients recorded for patients with high grade dysplasia, followed by well differentiated tumours. Thus, we consider that the coexpression of these two markers could be useful for further prognostic andtherapeutically stratification of patients with colon cancer.Abbreviations: AJCC - American Joint Committee on Cancer; CCD - charge-coupled device camera sensor; CD133 - prominin-1 (PROM1); CD166 - Activated Leukocyte Cell Adhesion Molecule (ALCAM); CRC - colorectal cancer; CSC - cancer stem cells; DAB - 3,3'-diaminobenzidine chromogen; DAPI - 4',6-diamidino- 2-phenylindole; HE - Hematoxylin and eosin staining; HGD - high grade dysplasia; HRP - horseradish peroxidase; LGD - low grade dysplasia; SDS - sodium dodecyl sulfate*Part of this work has been accepted as a poster presentation at the Digestive Disease Week (DDW) meeting, Chicago, IL, USA May 3-6, 2014


2019 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 56-62
Author(s):  
Alisa Villert ◽  
Larisa Kolomiets ◽  
Natalya Yunusova ◽  
Yevgeniya Fesik

High-grade ovarian carcinoma is a histopathological diagnosis, however, at the molecular level, ovarian cancer represents a heterogeneous group of diseases. Studies aimed at identifying molecular genetic subtypes of ovarian cancer are conducted in order to find the answer to the question: can different molecular subgroups influence the choice of treatment? One of the achievements in this trend is the recognition of the dualistic model that categorizes various types of ovarian cancer into two groups designated high-grade (HG) and low-grade (LG) tumors. However, the tumor genome sequencing data suggest the existence of 6 ovarian carcinoma subtypes, including two LG and four HG subtypes. Subtype C1 exhibits a high stromal response and the lowest survival. Subtypes C2 and C4 demonstrate higher number of intratumoral CD3 + cells, lower stromal gene expression and better survival than sybtype C1. Subtype C5 (mesenchymal) is characterized by mesenchymal cells, over-expression of N-cadherin and P-cadherin, low expression of differentiation markers, and lower survival rates than C2 and C4. The use of a consensus algorithm to determine the subtype allows identification of only a minority of ovarian carcinomas (approximately 25%) therefore, the practical importance of this classification requires additional research. There is evidence that it makes sense to randomize tumors into groups with altered expression of angiogenic genes and groups with overexpression of the immune response genes, as in the angiogenic group there is a comparative superiority in terms of survival. The administration of bevacizumab in the angiogenic group improves survival, while the administration of bevacizumab in the immune group even worsens the outcome. Molecular subtypes with worse survival rates (proliferative and mesenchymal) also benefit most from bevacizumab treatment. This review focuses on some of the advances in understanding molecular, cellular, and genetic changes in ovarian carcinomas with the results achieved so far regarding the formulation of molecular subtypes of ovarian cancer, however further studies are needed.


2020 ◽  
Vol 16 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-22
Author(s):  
Eronmwon E. Gbinigie ◽  
Joshua Fogel ◽  
Maggie Tetrokalashvili

Background: Clinicians commonly perform colposcopy directed biopsies on patients with low grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (LSIL) on PAP cytology even when not consistent with clinical guidelines. Objective: We study the association of PAP cytology screening results with cervical intra-epithelia neoplasia (CIN) 2-3 high-grade dysplasia, as confirmed by colposcopy-directed biopsy. Methods: A retrospective study of 263 women with an abnormality on the PAP smear. Multinomial logistic regression was performed with predictors of PAP cytology screening results with the outcome variable of colposcopy-directed biopsy. Results: High grade squamous intraepithelial lesion (HSIL) had significantly increased relative risk for CIN 2-3 (RR: 9.85, 95% CI: 1.84, 52.79, p=0.008). LSIL was not significantly associated with CIN 2-3. In the comparisons of negative with CIN-1, both HSIL and LSIL were not significantly associated with a negative biopsy. Conclusion: HSIL is associated with cervical dysplasia of CIN 2-3 while LSIL is not associated with cervical dysplasia of CIN 2-3. We do not recommend routine biopsies in patients with LSIL cytologic abnormalities unless additional compelling factors exist.


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